Posted
by
CmdrTaco
on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:51AM
from the surprisingly-elegant dept.

SuperDuG writes "This is a true homebrew solution to saving a few bucks when it comes to cd changers. And to make it even better the whole setup is controlled by none other than linux. Seems like a nice setup to do batch burns without user interaction. Source is provided if you wanted to build your own." Not sure if this is very practical, or even if it would be cheaper than buying a changer, but it sure looks cool.

" If I wanted to, I could SSH log into it while at work, load a CD in the tray, burn it, and remove it all remotely. Of course, the CD would still be in my basement, so the exercise would be somewhat pointless!"
That's simple. Just build an add on that carries it up stairs, sticks it in an addressed envelope and drops it in the mail.:)

I've been looking for something like this for a while to do batch rips. I was going to build one out of legos but I couldn't find a supplier for a suction mechanism. I'm not crazy about that spreader mechanism in the pictures. Too much pressure and you'll have twice as many CDs.